sakurak.bsky.social
@sakurak.bsky.social
4 golden retrievers, 1 orange cat, live on an island, work in AI, and for fun I blow glass and do lapidary work.
New lapidary inlay pendant, this one made of rhodonite and Picasso jasper with a tube set cubic zirconia accent.
July 31, 2023 at 6:04 AM
A story to encapsulate the personalities of my four goldens. We have deer and the doggos all know that word and when they hear it, they go running. First photo: “Is that a deer??” Second photo: the athletic heritage golden runs off. Third photo: two others run off while the shy one holds back.
July 25, 2023 at 12:45 AM
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Here’s an interesting statement from Medium that I missed last month. Fairly stark contrast to that email newsletter platform a lot of folks are still inexplicably using. https://blog.medium.com/medium-stands-for-lgbtqia-rights-ee4d63e8052e
July 9, 2023 at 6:17 AM
Pool time for the doggos!
July 5, 2023 at 1:16 AM
A new lapidary inlay pendant. Gary green jasper and an unknown white agate with a tube-set watermelon quartz, mounted in sterling silver.
July 4, 2023 at 3:03 AM
We had a friendo dog visit our doggos today. Look at the SPLOOT
July 3, 2023 at 5:46 AM
Made a lapidary inlay ring. It’s carnelian and a lacy white agate set in sterling silver.
July 2, 2023 at 4:26 AM
Someone was too tired to get up and go to bed yesterday.
July 1, 2023 at 3:29 AM
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This is a great read, connecting AI to more familiar structures.

The real eldritch horrors were the vast inhuman systems we built along the way.
1. https://tinyurl.com/yc68rbxa So Cosma Shalizi and I have a piece in the Economist on shoggoths. The Large Language Models driving ChatGPT and Bing are indeed Lovecraftian monsters. But so too are markets, bureaucracies, and even democracy, if squinted at askance.
June 23, 2023 at 3:45 PM
I took a class on making doughnuts today. It was a ton of fun. These have chocolate, caramel, and maple glaze with a variety of toppings (sprinkles, hazelnuts, pepitas, cake decorations). Will definitely make these again.
June 25, 2023 at 2:35 AM